Description
Position at Northern Dutchess Hospital
At Nuvance Health, we enjoy the benefits of a two-state system as we cultivate an inclusive culture where everyone feels welcomed, respected and supported. Together, we are a team of 15,000+ strong hearts and open minds. If you share our values of connected, personal, agile and imaginative, we invite you to discover what’s possible for you and your career.
Northern Dutchess Hospital is an 84-bed hospital located in picturesque Rhinebeck, New York. We are leaders in the Hudson Valley for maternity and orthopedic excellence and provide award-winning care in a wide range of specialties, from cancer and heart disease prevention to bariatric surgery and healthy aging services.
Our accolades include the following:
- The Leapfrog Group - Grade A for quality and patient safety
- U.S. News & World Report - High performance in knee replacement
- Surgical Review Corporation (SRC) - Robotic Center of Excellence
- Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - 5 Star Rating
At Northern Dutchess Hospital, we pride ourselves on a culture of collaboration and teamwork, where every voice is valued and contributes to our shared success. When you step through our doors, you will feel a warm and welcoming atmosphere that makes our hospital a truly special place to work. Our staff is friendly, dedicated and deeply committed to the well-being of our patients and each other’s success.
Summary:
- Accesses patients into the hospital system, establishes a satisfactory patient-hospital relationship, initiates the information flow and records keeping process, prepares record for electronic billing and answers phones and schedules patients for appointments.
Responsibilities:
- Answers phones and obtains demographic and financial information.
- Schedules new and follow up patient appointments in EMR.
- Registers patients in Hospital system and verifies insurance.
- Verifies coverage and need for Authorization for Procedures - Obtains ABNs as needed.
- Requests/retrieves medical records on patients and prepares them for provider review prior to patient arrival.
- Obtains signatures, consents and copy of insurance card from patient/family upon arrival.
- Maintains schedule in cooperation with nursing staff, conducts patient reminder calls and re-schedules as needed.
- Works with providers for needed signatures for patient paperwork.
- Copy, Fax and coordinate needed insurance information and patient supply/care needs.
- Scans records into EMR and Hospital System to maintain financial records.
- Reviews EMR documentation and Superbills for completeness.
- Enters charges into Cerner Batch Tool.
- Reconciles charges from EMR with charges entered into Cerner.
- Checks Dx codes in HIM system and monitors Pre and Post Bill Edit queues.
- Maintains and Models Nuvance Health Foundational Values.
- Demonstrates regular, reliable and predictable attendance.
- Performs other duties as required.
Job Qualifications:
- Education: HS GRAD/EQUIVALENT
Working Conditions
- Manual: significant manual skills/motor coord & finger dexterity
- Occupational: Some occupational risk
- Physical Effort: Medium to Heavy effort. May exert up to 35 lbs. force
- Physical Environment: Some exposure to dirt, odors, noise, human waste, etc.
- Company: Northern Dutchess Hospital
- Org Unit: 1152
- Department: Wound Care Ctr
- Exempt: No
- Salary Range: $21.49 - $41.73 Hourly
With strong hearts and open minds, we’re pushing past boundaries and challenging the expected, all in the name of possibility. We are neighbors caring for neighbors, working together as partners in health to improve the lives of the people we serve. If you share our passion for the health of our communities, advance your career with Nuvance Health!
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